Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023  at 8 p.m.
Community Assembly room, main lobby
Creativity and Innovation District LLC Building
185 Kent St.

The L2Ork Laptop Orchestra performs a free concert.

There will be 2 works on the program: 

8-bit Petal
Co-created by: The members of the Virginia Tech Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork)
Ensemble members and co-creators (listed in alphabetical order):
Adrian Baessler
Ivica Ico Bukvic, Director (SOPA, ICAT)
Justin Adebayo Kerobo
Charlie Pierce
Austin Sherwood
Jacob Alan Smith
Philip Watson
Andrew Wickman
Cameron Young
Projection Mapping Visuals by: Thomas Tucker (SOVA)
Program Notes: 8-bit Petal is 4th crowdsourced telematic EDM work devised by the L2Ork ensemble using L2Ork Tweeter software that allows for perfect sync among performers, regardless of their physical distance. It is inspired by "Raye" EDM song by Sultan + Shepard & Shallou, featuring its vocal line, as well as melodic and harmonic elements. Every facet of the work is co-created by the ensemble members, including instrument design, part composition, and performance. The final iteration is curated by the L2Ork Director.

Territorio Prismático
Co-created by: The members of the Virginia Tech Linux Laptop Orchestra's (L2Ork) International Community Ensemble featuring members from UNTREF, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Virginia Tech
Ensemble members and co-creators (listed in alphabetical order):
Gala Lucía González Barrios (VT, UNTREF)
Ivica Ico Bukvic, Director (VT, SOPA, ICAT)
Uma Futoranksy (UNTREF)
Justin Kerobo (VT)
Joaquín Montecino (UNTREF)
William Rhodes (VT)
Jacob Alan Smith (VT)
Lautaro Sosa (UNTREF)
Projection Mapping Visuals by: Thomas Tucker (SOVA)
Program Notes: Territorio Prismático is the 5th crowdsourced telematic EDM work devised using L2Ork Tweeter software that enables telematic musicking in perfect sync regardless of the distance. It is also the 2nd work that involves L2Ork Tweeter community members from UNTREF university, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is in part inspired by the bass line of the "roygbiv" EDM song by the Boards of Canada. Every facet of the work is co-created by the ensemble members, including instrument design, part composition, and performance. The final iteration is curated by the L2Ork Director. This is a world premiere of the work featuring performers over 5,000 miles apart, performing tightly synchronized EDM-style music.

Ensemble bio:
Named as one of the top six national transdisciplinary exemplars (a2ru, 2015), and one of the top eight research projects at Virginia Tech (DCist, 2014), a contemporary multimedia ensemble Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork, pronounced as 'lohrk'), explores musical collaboration through the use of innovative human-computer interaction technologies for the purpose of pursuing an integrative approach to design, engineering, arts, and science. l2ork.icat.vt.edu

We are grateful to Main Street Inn and The Inn at Virginia Tech, the hotel sponsors for the Music on Mondays and Visiting Artist Series in the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech.